#RMS Homeric

[rmsfranconia]

A few of the many postcards I’ve gotten since I’ve last shown off posted some.

[rms-mauretanic]

White Star Liners Homeric and Majestic photobombing Cunard’s Berengaria while Olympic photobombs them all in turn.

[lonestarbattleship]

Artwork of RMS Germanic II (1916), the some-what intended replacement for RMS Titanic. She was ordered by White Star Line in 1913 and her keep was to be laid down at the end of June 1914. Her Harland & Wolff hull number was #470 (later used for the SS Laurentic (1927)). Her construction was put on hold once WWI started and eventually removed from the book in 1919.

"Your Directors have authorized the construction of a steamer of about 33,600 tons and 19 knots speed for the New York-Liverpool service of the White Star Line, to be named 'Germanic,' and to be of the 'Adriatic' type, with such alterations and improvements as experience has suggested and as are made possible by her greater size. It is expected that the 'Germanic' will be completed in time to enter the service in 1916, and that she will be an exceedingly attractive steamer."

"We are building a new ship for the Liverpool-New York service, which is to be called the Germanic, and it will be a larger ship than the Adriatic but would be smaller than Olympic. He indicated that the her length overall would be about 746 feet. The length between perpendiculars, 720 feet, matches Sanderson's description for a ship that was slightly longer overall; she was to be 88 feet in breadth and her propelling machinery would consist of reciprocating engines driving a central propeller."

She was renamed RMS Homeric after WWI started and was later cancelled due to the war. Her role was eventually filled when Columbus, a liner of the North German Lloyd shipping Company, was ceded by Germany to England and then sold to White Star line, which renamed to RMS Homeric.

Not much is know about this ship. It is possible her materials were used for Laurentic, which was completed in 1927 and her hull number (470) is too low for that time period (SS Doric, completed in 1923 and has the hull number of 573).

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[envisitadecortesia]

Una vida en tiempos de entreguerras

El 30 de junio de 1933 el puerto de Barcelona batió otro récord, esa mañana fondeaba frente a la rada el transatlántico “Homeric”, que debido a su tamaño no pudo entrar en puerto y con su escala se erigía como el mayor buque de pasaje llegado hasta la fecha. El “Homeric” fondeado frente al puerto de Barcelona(imagen de Brangulí vía revista Ibérica) A bordo del “Homeric” llegaron 410 turistas…

[mary-queen-of-longbeach]

Ship sketches.

USS Langley (CV-1)

USS Arizona (BB-39)

USS Maddox (DD-731)

Japanese battleship Musashi

RMS Homeric

SS Kamchatka

[rmsqueenmaryonthisday]

A Short Odyssey

On July 16, 1935, the newly merged Cunard White Star line was represented by Homeric at the Spithead merchant fleet review for King George V’s silver jubilee. The ship had been launched in 1913 for Norddeutscher Lloyd under the name Columbus, but was given up unfinished six years later as part of war reparations to Great Britain. She was then sold to White Star, and, under the watchful eyes of…

[thesoftboiledegg]

The mall closest to my place is still dying a slow death. When I visited yesterday, two more stores had closed--and they were major chains, not local retailers. Maybe Spencer's is single-handedly keeping this place alive.

Rue 21 had one new item: a single pair of sweatpants alone on a shelf.

One of the "nerdy" stores had a dice set featuring everyone's favorite pickle.

Spencer's had a single new mug. Now you can drink out of Rick's head!

The manager mentioned to me that new merchandise (in general, not specifically RM) was coming after they completed inventory on the 31st, so that might explain the lack of new products post-holiday season. We're also not getting season eight until next year, but that probably won't stop Adult Swim's marketing team.

Today, I decided to visit chain stores in an area that I don't normally visit. I walked into Five Below to see this near the doorway:

I've seen the monthly illustrations on another calendar, but that cover is new. And shiny ✨

Need a place to store your loose AirPods? Try this fashionable Rick and Morty case featuring Rick's boyish grin.

Time for a new store that I'd never visited, at least in adulthood: T. J. Maxx. I saw this hoodie ages ago in Journey's. Now it's back, in thrift store form! One of my favorite designs. 🌈

A visit from the Portal Boyz! Technically, Nick and Morty were the Portal Boyz, but I guess nobody wants Nick merchandise.

Afterward, I went to Target for the first time in a while. They had the Rick and Morty manga in stock. I actually didn't know it was a graphic novel--I thought it was just another issue of the comics.

Weirdly, they also had a shirt that Journey's used to carry. Pretty unusual for me to see the same item in two separate chains. Anyway, I guess nobody's tired of wearing a shirt that says, "I am in great pain, please help me."

Serendipitously, I spotted this on a car when I left. Fuck me for not buying anything, I guess.

One last stop: the nearby head shop. I have no idea what these things are, but Rick's trying out some new looks.

Roll some grass on this vinyl rolling tray.

Evil Morty finally gets his own pipe!

While you're at it, stock up on Rick and Morty vapes.

He's a happy Homer!

And they had no shortage of bootleg shirts and hoodies.

No season eight merchandising blitz this year, but smoke shops are always on it. It's never the wrong time to buy a T-shirt of Morty Smith getting blasted!

[the1920sinpictures]

1920′s The RMS Homeric, Olympus, Berengaria and Aquatania all berthed at Southampton Docks, United Kingdom. From Jazz Age Vehicle Archive, FB.

[mea-gloria-fides]

The MS Homeric, RMS Mauretania, SS Columbus, and RMS Empress of Britain at Southampton, 1935.

[berto1017]

1920′s The RMS Homeric, Olympus, Berengaria, and Aquatania all berthed at Southampton Docks, United Kingdom.

[rmsfranconia]

Ok, I’m sorry if anyone thinks I’m dead wrong…..

But the Homeric just doesn’t look right from a profile view.

From this kinda view, she’s gorgeous.

But the way her funnels seem disproportionately smaller than her hull just make her seem…. Off.

However I will admit she is slightly good looking, just not very high in my book.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 6.7 (before 1930)

421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire). 879 – Pope John VIII recognises the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state. 1002 – Henry II, a cousin of Emperor Otto III, is elected and crowned King of Germany. 1099 – First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins. 1420 – Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patria del Friuli. 1494 – Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries. 1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and becomes law. 1640 – Corpus de Sang in Barcelona: Catalan reapers rioted against Spanish Royal soldiers and officers, killing the Viceroy of Catalonia, Dalmau de Queralt. Escalation of hostilities between the Principality of Catalonia and the Spanish Monarchy, leading to the Reapers' War. 1654 – Louis XIV is crowned King of France. 1692 – Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured. 1776 – Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence. 1788 – French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops. 1800 – David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba. 1810 – The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres is first published in Argentina. 1832 – The Great Reform Act of England and Wales receives royal assent. 1832 – Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada. 1862 – The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade. 1866 – One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East. 1880 – War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign). 1892 – Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson. 1899 – American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas. 1905 – Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year. 1906 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland. 1917 – World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops. 1919 – Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people. 1929 – The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.

[capewolfe]

From left to right: RMS Homeric, RMS Mauretania, SS Columbus and RMS Empress of Britain docked at Southampton's Western Docks. 26th of May, 1934.

[pokemoncoloursplash]

How does Spriter Drago feel about the Homeric?

That is such an obscure choice as far as ocean liners go, Anon! I love the Homeric!

She was one hell of a running mate for Old Reliable. She was no Majestic or Britannic or Titanic, but she was scrappy, like an even littler sister. Built with steerage in mind, quick thinking saved her from being instantly obsolete, and then her cruising days came about.

She had one thing up on her adoptive sister. Olympic may have sailed on after every crash, but Homeric hardly had any crashes, really just one.

Homeric was a strong-willed gal that survived a hurricane. She got to be in George V’s fleet review, and then one hell of a last season.

Homeric may not have been one of the greatest liners, but you better believe she came close. She was most certainly a Home at Sea.

[megagiganium]

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[ijustkindalikebooks]

I have marinated myself in this album for nearly a full week and what a week it has been. I think this album is kind of flawless. Like Mahalia on Closer, 'We've got dynamite in our DNA' in 'All Day'? The beautiful tones of Kim Sawol in 'Forg_tful'? How did I exist before this record? I have no idea.

Anyway these are some books that make me think of these songs.

Yun (with Erykah Badu) - I thought about this alot, and I was trying to think of a way to explain humans in a book, and maybe a book that is a combination of art, philosophy and humans, is 'The Unbearable Lightness Of Being' by Milan Kundera. It's not a book for everyone, but it does combine elements of Psychology and Philosophy and certainly reflects on being human. RM has also read it apparently, so maybe there's something to this.

Still Life (with Anderson Paak) - One of the biggest bops on this record with a great video I might add, I consider this song the antithesis of 'Black Swan' here the artist is very much coming back and revelling in the stillness and to keep on moving onwards. I think a good suggestion here is 'I Want To Die, but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki' by Baek Se-Hee. A book about a woman talking to her therapist, I think it's very much about breaking out your own mould.

All Day (With Tablo) - I love this song so much. A song about the world, and politics and standing up when they say behave, this song is definitely one of my favourites on this album. If you want a perspective on the political history of South Korea, I would recommend Han Kang's Human Acts. Based on the events of the Gwangju Uprising, which both J-Hope and Suga have referenced in songs before, this book is not light, but it is incredible and defined by the people who stood.

Forg_tful (with Kim Sawol) - Her voice is so pretty on this song, it's a beautiful listen. This song is about nature and sometimes the fleeting nature of existence, and maybe that's why I was thinking of 'The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue' by V. E. Schwab. The story of a girl whose existence is forgotten in a day, it gave me vibes. This one was so difficult to think of, but I feel like it has the elements.

Closer (with Honne, Mahalia and Paul Blanco) - You know I was thinking about this so long, it actually hurt my head, but I remembered this book by David Levithan called Everyday I liked and it kinda me think huh. About a boy a wakes up in the body of someone new everyday until he ends up at Justin, and meets his girlfriend, it's a weird one, but I think a really good one and you can't be more under the skin can you?

Change Pt 2 - Go off Namjoon, I guess. I respect this song so much in that it's honest, it's confrontational and he recorded it drunk, and it makes for an added emotion to it, especially those last lines. If this song is about becoming what you truly were meant to be, I was thinking of Circe by Madeleine Miller. The story of a witch sent to an island as punishment and what happens to her and how she takes control of her life after having none is incredible, and I think if you have read both, you'd get it.

Lonely - I can't imagine how it must feel to be feel so lonely in a city coloured purple in your honour, that must be heartbreaking for someone to deal with, hence how we got this song. A song about just wanting to go home, maybe a good story about someone who is just trying to do that is 'The Odyssey' by Homer. The story of Odysseus (self-fulfilling prophecy much?) whose trying to get home after the Trojan War, Namjoon is a modern day Odysseus, does he have to deal with a witch, Hydra and Cyclops? No, but he does have the world on his shoulders.

Hectic (with Colde) - A song about a hectic life and not being able to see the good and smooth compared to the rough, I was thinking about days that were important to have all the time you need, and maybe a good example of this is 'They Both Die At The End' by Adam Silvera. The story of two boys who realise they only have one day left to live, I can imagine this song might be quite relevant to them on their last day.

Wildflower (with Youjeen) - The first glimpse of the album we had, Wildflower is about staying rooted but keeping yourself moving and living for yourself and you know what go this man for letting themselves be compared to flowers. What I think is a great recommendation for this song is Wild by Cheryl Strayed, the story of a woman who goes on a road trip after divorce, and wander 11000 miles discovering herself along the way and isn't that very wildflower? In my opinion yes.

No. 2 (with Park Jiyoon) - I thought about this alot, and I know the recording at the end was recorded secretly as they walked through a park, I believe and then they sampled it in so taking in nature and moving forward. One of my favourite quotes is:

“Oh, to be alive in such an age, when miracles are everywhere, and every inch of common air throbs a tremendous prophecy, of greater marvels yet to be.”

from Walt Whitman, and when I hear this song it kinda reminds me of someone finding their wonder again. So I think a good suggestion might be Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Because if anything this album is, it's a collection of songs of himself, but also it expresses the cyclical nature of life. If anything Indigo is, it's an exploration, of nature, humanity and being who you are, there is no better poetry collection that defines that.

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What would you recommend based on these songs?

Let me know!

Vee xo.